How Nonprofit Board Members Can Be Effective Advocates in Troubled Times
Submitted by Monica on July 21, 2017
A recent article in the Nonprofit Quarterly:
I urge you to take advantage of any advocacy opportunities to lobby your state and federal lawmakers. As a board member of an organization that serves populations who were greatly impacted by our state budget impasse, a statewide emergency, and proposed threats from Washington, I continuously ask myself, “Have I done everything I can for my organization? Have I been an effective advocate? And if now isn’t my time to act, then when?”